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Peer reviewedFisher, Dena – Social Work, 1987
Discusses potential ethical conflicts social workers face in a strike: whether priority should be given to patient welfare or to the individual's civil rights to participate in union activities. Notes standards of professional behavior conflict with union requirements. Concludes the social work profession should examine labor unions in the 1980s…
Descriptors: Counselor Client Relationship, Ethics, Social Workers, Standards
Peer reviewedAlexander, Leslie B.; And Others – Social Work, 1980
Survey of 84 MSW union members from three unions in large urban area finds unionism and professionalism compatible. Differences among unions were demographic rather than attitudinal. Sample, mostly white, female under age 30, favors union arbitration, disapproves strikes. Prefers union with narrow economic focus, excluding professional or…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Economic Factors, Professional Occupations, Social Workers
Peer reviewedLightman, Ernie S. – Social Work, 1983
Surveyed 121 Canadian social workers on their attitudes toward strikes. Results showed subjects had little experience with strikes although 80 percent had no objection in principle to striking. Quality of service was a more important strike issue than traditional union concerns such as wages or job security. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Altruism, Collective Bargaining, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction
